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In conjunction with Clergy and Citizens United, the Birmingham Temple Social Action Committee will present Garry Wills, journalist and Catholic intellectual, at a rally to defend the separation of religion and government 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17, at the temple. Wills will speak on "Vouchers: The Subversion of Religious Freedom." Event organizers say he believes that public funding of parochial schools will lead to the resegregation of America. The program is free and open to the public. IM NOW NSW EFFECTIVE AND DEPENDABLE PROTECTION SINCE 1931 071 1f Kabbalah Becomes Food For Thought La Mirage Center 29555 Northwestern Highway Southfield, MI 48034 248-356-2454 SHOP Cla,ssilieds DETROIT 1 3 ; 1 rrnITSOLDIER Ul s R GET Results! (248) 354-5959 New Director Joins Common Ground Common Ground Sanctuary, the non- profit crisis-intervention agency head- quartered in Bloomfield Hills, has named Dr. Howard Friedman of Farmington Hills as medical director of its crisis screening and cri- sis residential units in Pontiac. The facilities provide emergency psychiatric screen- Dr. Howard ing and stabiliza- Friedman tion services for Oakland County through a contract with Oakland County Community Mental Health Authority. Friedman heads a team of psychia- trists who provide mental-health assessments, medication evaluations and referrals for 2,5000 patients a year. Friedman maintained his own out- patient psychiatric practice in Birmingham since 1972. Most recent- ly, he served as director of the inpa- dent adult psychiatric unit of Henry Ford Health Systems Kingswood Hospital in Ferndale. Prior to that, he was medical director of Havenwyck Hospital in Auburn Hills. Tony Rothschild is chief executive officer of Common Ground, which also operates a youth shelter in Royal Oak. Women's Forum Features Finances The Jewish Women's Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit will host its first fall forum featuring finance expert Jean Sherman Chatzky at noon Wednesday, Nov. 1, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek. Munder Capital Management is underwriting the program. Chatzky is the Michigan-born author of The Rich and Famous Money Book and the upcoming Talking Money. She is financial editor for MSNBC's homepage and a guest speaker on personal finance on numer- ous television programs, including the Today show. The Jewish Women's Foundation is a program of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. An endowment fund is being built up with a minimum of $10,000 contributions, payable over five years, dedicated to the foundation's mission of addressing issues of concern to Jewish women and girls. The areas of interest include medical research and treatment, the arts, educa- don, economic self-sufficiency and per- sonal well being. Programs designed to benefit Jewish women and girls in these areas will be eligible for funding from the Jewish Women's Foundation. Margot Halpern is the chair of the foundation; Beverly Lis is associate chair. Cost of the forum is $36. For infor- mation or to RSVP, call Rosann Barak, (248) 642-4260.